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Landscape and Biodiversity Research Group

Miguel Munguía-Rosas
Miguel Munguía-Rosas

My main interests are plant-animal interactions and plant reproductive biology. My research has been focused on how pollinators and seed disperser affect plant fitness, how these interactions vary in time and space and how these are affected by human activity. In addition to observational and field experimental approaches I also have addressed my research questions with meta-analytical tools. Most of my research has been conducted in the tropics; I used to work with bat-pollinated plants, functional and evolutionary issues. Currently I am a postdoctoral fellow in the Landscape and Biodiversity Research Group at the School of Applied Sciences , University of Northampton . My postdoctoral project deals with natural selection and flowering time. It is said that pollinator-mediated natural selection plays an important role in flowering time; however, some evidence suggests the opposite. I am doing this research in collaboration with Jeff Ollerton from the University of Northampton and Victor Parra-Tabla from the University of Yucatán , México. The goal of my postdoctoral project is to generate empirical data and to integrate all the information available and finally, draw a conclusion using meta-analytic and phylogenic tools. Phylogenetically informed meta-analysis is a novel approach which should allow us to reach high-order conclusions with evidence available to date.

My Studies

  • B.Sc. Fes-Iztacala. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM; 1997-2001)
    Thesis: Comparative anatomy and embryology of vertebrate heart
  • M.Sc. Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, UNAM (2001-2003)
    Thesis: Pollination biology of Ceiba pentandra (Bombacaeae)
  • Ph.D. Instituto de Ecología A. C. Xalapa, México (2004-2008)
    Thesis: Pollination biology, seed dispersal and facilitation in a Mexican columnar cactus

Publications

  • Munguía-Rosas MA , Jacome-Flores ME, Sosa V, Quiroz-Ceron ML. 2009. Removal of Pilosocereus leucocephalus (Cactaceae, tribe Cereeae) seeds by ants and their potential role as primary seed dispersers. Journal of Arid Environments 73: 578-581
  • Munguía-Rosas MA , Sosa VJ . 2008. Nurse plants vs Nurse objects: The effects of woody plants and rocky cavities on the recruitment of the Pilosocereus leucocephalus columnar cactus. Annals of Botany 101: 175-185
  • Stoner ke, Lobo JA, Quesada M, Fuchs EJ, Herrerías-Diego Y, Munguía-Rosas MA , O.-Salazar K, Palacios-Guevara C, Rosas-Guerrero V . 2008. Efecto de la perturbación del bosque en la tasa de visitas de murciélagos polinizadores y sus consecuencias en el éxito reproductivo y sistema de apareamiento en árboles de la familia Bombacaceae . En: Celia A. Harvey y Joel Saénz (editores). Evaluación y conservación de la biodiversidad en paisajes fragmentados de Mesoamérica . INBio. Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica 351-372 pp.
  • Munguía-Rosas MA , Sosa VJ. 2006. Variación altitudinal en los visitantes florales y biología reproductiva de un cacto columnar ( Pilosocereus leucocephalus ) en la región del centro de Veracruz, México. Boletín de la Sociedad Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Cactáceas y otras Suculentas 3: 5-6.
  • Munguía-Rosas MA . 2006. Homeostasis global y selección natural: Un juicio para Gaia . Ciencias 82: 16-25. 
  • Sánchez-Gómez C, Pliego L, Contreras-Ramos A, Munguía-Rosas MA , Salazar M, García-Romero HL, Gonzáles-Jiménez MA. 2005. Histological study of the proximal and distal segments of the embryonic outflow tract and great arteries . The Anatomical Record 283: 202-211.
  • Quesada M, Stoner KE, Lobo JA, Herrerías Y, Palacios-Guevara C, Munguía-Rosas MA , O.-Salazar K . 2004. Effects of forest fragmentation on pollinator activity and consequences for plant reproductive success and mating patterns in bat-pollinated bombacaceous trees. Biotropica 36: 131-138 .
  • Munguía-Rosas MA. 2004. Producción de residuos sólidos en el bachillerato general de la Unidad Pedagógica Agustín de Hipona: Un estudio prospectivo para establecer un programa eficiente de reciclaje . Boletín de la Academia General de Biología de la Universidad Autónoma de Morelos 12: 4-15.
  • Munguía-Rosas MA . 2001. Estudio morfológico de la unidad cardiopulmonar de Ambystoma mexicanum (Amphia:Urodela) . Boletín de la Sociedad Hepertologica Mexicana 9: 73-74

Under review

  • Munguía-Rosas MA , Sosa VJ, Ojeda MM, De-Nova A. Specialization clines in the pollination system of Agave (Agavaceae) and columnar cacti (Cactaceae). American Journal of Botany .
  • Munguía-Rosas MA, Sosa VJ, Jacome-Flores ME. Pollination system of the Pilosocereus leucocephalus (Cactaceae, tribe, Cereae) in eastern Mexico . Plant Biology.